The Department of Education and Training (DET) of Ho Chi Minh City has announced additional enrollment targets at 37 public high schools in Area 1 for the 2025-2026 school year.
According to the Department of Education and Training, the enrollment subjects are students who have taken the entrance exam for grade 10 in the 2025-2026 school year in Area 1 of Ho Chi Minh City and have met the following conditions:
No wishes are admitted to public high schools and must have a total of entrance exam scores for 3 subjects: Math, Literature, Foreign Language and priority, admission scores (if any) greater than or equal to the 1 wish standard score of the public high school that wishes to register for admission.
According to Lao Dong, the first wish standard score of the above 37 high schools ranges from 10.5-24.5 points.
Tran Dai Nghia Secondary and High School has the highest benchmark score, taking 24.5 points - this is also the school with the highest admission score in this year's admission season.
Next are Nguyen Thuong Hien High School, Phu Nhuan High School, Le Quy Don High School with admission scores of 23.5; 22.5 and 22.25 respectively. These are all in the group of schools with high benchmark scores with additional admission targets of 15-80 students.
The remaining schools have admission scores from 10.5-20,75 points, most of which are schools in suburban areas such as Trung Lap High School lacking 262 quotas, Phong Phu High School lacking 207, Nguyen Van Tang High School lacking 181, Da Phuoc High School lacking 169, Ngo Gia Tu High School lacking 150, An Nhon Tay High School lacking 100,... These schools all have admission scores of 10.5 points.
According to the plan, students with additional admission needs will submit their application directly to a high school that lacks the quota as listed above (not allowed to change schools when they have submitted their application).
The documents include a report on the results of the 10th entrance exam issued by the secondary school where the student registered for the exam.
The time to submit the application is from July 30 to before 5:00 p.m. on August 4. The results were announced on August 8.
The entrance exam for grade 10 (area 1) in Ho Chi Minh City took place on June 6-7 with more than 76,000 candidates taking the exam. The enrollment target of public high schools is more than 70,000 students. This is the exam with the highest admission rate in many years, reaching more than 90%.
In 2024, Ho Chi Minh City will have 36 high schools recruiting more than 2,200 additional quotas. Some schools lack many targets such as Phong Phu High School (300), Nguyen Van Linh High School (191), An Nhon Tay High School (140), Nguyen Van Tang High School (134), Trung Lap High School (123), Vinh Loc B High School (115), Long Truong High School (102)...
At the end of the application period, high schools that were lacking targets had recruited 1,400/2,203 candidates, reaching a rate of 63.54%. Correspondingly, there is a shortage of more than 800 targets.
Some schools have enrolled with sufficient quotas such as Le Thi Hong Gam High School; Dao Son Tay High School; An Nhon Tay High School has enrolled 107/140 additional quotas;...
In particular, the group of top schools was almost left empty-handed in the additional admission round.
